Webkinz Site Tour 2008

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Webkinz Site Tour 2008
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Flash presentation
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SWF/TOUR/


Webkinz Site Tour 2008 is the Flashpoint Archive's title for a Flash presentation that introduced Webkinz to newcomers. The year is in Flashpoint's title only; the files carry no date. It is the one preserved file set in which the site describes itself, and most of what this wiki says about the world outside the Arcade comes from it.

Parts

The tour is kept as a main file, siteTour.swf, twelve numbered parts and a text file, siteTour.xml, that holds the English wording.[1][2] The file names of the parts give their subjects: introduction, adopt center, pet's room, close up, things to do, arcade, activities, Webkinz Newz, friends list, Kinz chat, collection and ending.[3][4][5][6]

What it says

The tour calls Webkinz World "The exciting online experience where your plush pet comes to life".[2] It begins with a Webkinz or Lil'Kinz plush toy, whose Secret Code lets the owner adopt the pet online, choosing its name and saying whether it is a boy or a girl.[2][2] The new owner is shown the pet's room and starts with 2000 KinzCash for redecorating it and for furniture, clothes and food from the W Shop.[2][2] The pet has Happy, Health and Hunger meters, kept high by playing with it, feeding it and exercising it daily.[2]

The tour then lists things to do: Quizzy's Question Corner, the Arcade, "daily activities, weekly contests, and all kinds of surprises", visits from friends, games against them in the Tournament Arena, and KinzChat.[2][2][2][2] It ends by urging the viewer to collect more pets and to "Be a part of Webkinz World".[2]

Two wordings

The closing line exists in two versions. The text file describes Webkinz World as "a friendly, educational and fun online community", while the ending part whose file name ends in _hacked has "a safe, educational and fun online community".[2][7] The files do not say which came first. Each part is kept twice, once under its plain name and once with _hacked added; the second copy has the English sentences inside it.[8]

The text file also holds the labels of an adoption form shown in the tour; see Adoption Center.

References

  1. ↑ The game file Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/TOUR/siteTour.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 The game file Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/XML/L10N/US_EN/siteTour.xml, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  3. ↑ The game file Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/TOUR/1_introduction.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  4. ↑ The game file Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/TOUR/2_adopt_center.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  5. ↑ The game file Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/TOUR/8_webkinz_newz.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  6. ↑ The game file Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/TOUR/12_ending.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  7. ↑ The game file Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/TOUR/12_ending_hacked.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
  8. ↑ The game file Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/TOUR/6_arcade_hacked.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).
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